Category: Vaccines

Influenza–Quadrivalent vaccination provides protection against four strains of the flu. Patients 65 and older should ask about specific vaccines for their age group. Shingles–This vaccine greatly reduces the pain...

Flu vaccines protect for six months, enough to get most people through the annual flu season. Vaccination reduces the chance of a doctor’s visit for flu by 50% to 70%. Source: Bottom Line Personal 11-1-2016 Study of more...

appears to be effective? In a preliminary trial of the experimental vaccine, it helped patients immune systems attack a protein found in breast tumors, slowing progression of the disease. Study by researchers at Washington...

Researchers from Laval University in Quebec and GlaxoSmithKline have uncovered a new way to trigger an immune response in the body, which may one day help doctors clear out the beta-amyloid molecules that form the brain plaques...

Even if you feel fine, check in with your primary-care doctor at least once a year. “This is the chance to get the complete picture of your health, as well as to track your progress over time.” says Judith Volkar,...

Vaccines can cause certain side effects but serious ones appear very rare and there’s no link with autism and Type 1 diabetes, the Institute of Medicine says in the first comprehensive safety review in 17 years. The report...